Test Lead L1(Contract)

Wipro • Irving, TX

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About The Position

Wipro is seeking a Test Lead for application testing, with a focus on API automation and fraud analytics and reporting solutions. The role involves developing and reviewing module-level code, analyzing root causes of recurring issues, and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver stable, well-documented solutions aligned with business objectives.

The posting describes responsibility for leading end-to-end test automation strategy for fraud analytics and reporting applications. The lead designs and maintains scalable API automation frameworks, tests REST APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures, and validates fraud detection workflows, transaction monitoring, risk scoring, case management, analytics, and reporting. The role also covers SQL-based data validation, CI/CD integration, defect triage, production validation, and mentoring automation engineers.

The position collaborates with product, business, fraud operations, data, architecture, and development teams. The posting lists banking and financial services, fraud detection and prevention, payment systems, analytics, and reporting among its relevant domains. The role is identified as a contract position. Wipro states that the expected compensation ranges from $60,000 to $135,000, with final compensation dependent on factors including location, skills, and relevant experience.

Requirements

• Fraud experience is mandatory.
• The detailed role description seeks over 10 years of experience in enterprise-scale test automation; the posting also separately lists 5–8 years of application testing experience.
• Strong programming expertise in Java.
• Extensive experience with API and automation tools such as Rest Assured, Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, Selenium, Playwright, TestNG/JUnit, Cucumber, and Maven/Gradle.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, microservices architecture, JSON/XML validation, API contract testing, and service virtualization.
• Hands-on experience with Jenkins, GitHub/GitLab, Azure DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong SQL and database testing skills.
• Experience validating large-scale reporting and analytics platforms.
• Domain experience in banking and financial services, fraud detection and prevention, fraud operations and case management, transaction monitoring, fraud analytics and reporting, and risk management and compliance.
• Experience with payment cards, digital banking, wire transfers, ACH, or real-time payments is listed in the domain expertise section.
• Experience validating executive dashboards and fraud reporting solutions.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Cognos, or Business Objects.
• Understanding of fraud KPIs, KRIs, operational metrics, and reporting governance.
• Experience testing data pipelines, ETL workflows, and analytics platforms.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with Kafka or event-driven systems.
• Knowledge of data warehousing and data lake architectures.
• Exposure to AI/ML-driven fraud detection solutions.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery models.
• For the Citi/OMAI engagement: experience supporting enterprise fraud analytics platforms.
• For the Citi/OMAI engagement: exposure to fraud monitoring and executive reporting ecosystems.
• For the Citi/OMAI engagement: experience testing customer risk, fraud strategy, and analytics solutions in large banking environments.
• For the Citi/OMAI engagement: knowledge of cloud-based analytics and AI-assisted fraud detection capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Gather and document requirements for assigned modules, including related business-process linkages, dependencies, and changes.
• Facilitate application solution designs for a specific module under the guidance of the Project Manager, aligning designs with business requirements and technical standards.
• Review developed code, resolve technical queries, and establish consistent replication patterns that meet project standards.
• Collaborate with project managers throughout the software development life cycle.
• Perform root-cause analysis and troubleshoot recurring technical issues.
• Modify software code to resolve errors, adapt to hardware or software changes, improve performance, and upgrade interfaces.
• Collaborate with technical teams to validate configurations, integrate applications, and address deployment dependencies.
• Prepare user training documents and related frameworks to support application adoption and reduce transition risks.
• Lead end-to-end test automation strategy for fraud analytics and reporting applications.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable API automation frameworks.
• Build and execute automated test suites for REST APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Validate fraud detection workflows, transaction monitoring systems, risk scoring engines, and case management platforms.
• Drive API contract, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing.
• Validate dashboards, KPIs, operational reports, and executive reporting.
• Develop complex SQL queries to validate data integrity across source systems, data warehouses, and reporting platforms.
• Integrate automation suites into CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Fraud Operations, Business Analysts, Architects, and Developers to define quality strategies.
• Lead defect triage, root-cause analysis, and production validation activities.
• Mentor junior automation engineers and establish automation best practices.

Benefits

• Medical benefits options.
• Dental benefits options.
• Disability insurance.
• Paid time off, inclusive of sick leave.
• Other paid and unpaid leave options.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior